othello

othello is

a highly respected military commander

desdemona is

daughter of brabantio venetian senator

iago is

the main element of conflict in the play and portrayed as master manipulator skillfully orchestrating events to achieve his malicious goals

simultaneously creating a web of lies

honest iago

iago telling brabantio othello has marries desdemona emphasizing woman property of men

“robb’d” by “theives”

his openness with the audience makes him equally as honest as he is false

i am no what i am

iago thinks othello slept with his wife

it is thought abroad that twix my sheets he has done my office

sexual metaphors, reducing othellos marriage as animalistic lust

“her eyes must be fed” “tupping your white ewe”

his intention is to stay close to other mo so he can destroy him

“i follow him to serve my turn upon him”

his repeated use of animal imagery captures his disdain for it hello and his on ego

“with as little a web as this will i ensnare as great fly as cassio”

iago using blasphemy

“sblood

dramatic irony

used by shakespeare to create a suspense and estranged sense of complicity for the audience